Isle of Man TT ace Michael Dunlop marked his return to the Tandragee 100 street race in Northern Eire with a brace of victories within the 1000cc races.
The County Armagh occasion final ran in 2022 however returned this yr following intensive street resurfacing on the course.
Within the time because the Tandragee 100 final run, Michael Dunlop etched himself into the historical past books by changing into probably the most profitable rider ever on the Isle of Man TT after surpassing late uncle Joey Dunlop’s document of 26 victories in 2024.
Taking the document to 29 wins, Michael Dunlop prolonged that earlier this month to 33 after 4 victories at this yr’s TT.
Dunlop carried on what has been a vastly profitable yr thus far on the roads, together with his TT wins backed up by victories on the North West 200 and the Cookstown 100.
Absent at Tandragee since 2013, Dunlop marked his return on Saturday with victory within the five-lap Open race.
Using his MD Racing BMW in Superstock trim, Dunlop beat Michael Sweeney in a good battle by simply 0.4 seconds.
Sweeney initially led the way in which within the race, earlier than being overhauled by Dunlop.
Dunlop then backed this up with a second win within the Superbike characteristic race on the finish of the day, dominating proceedings on his BMW.
As soon as once more going up in opposition to Sweeney for the win, Dunlop received to the chequered flag within the six-lap contest 8.059s clear.
Shaun Anderson accomplished the rostrum, having earlier received the Basic Superbike race on a Norton, forward of Manxman Conor Cummins.
The a number of TT podium finisher contested his first Tandragee 100 since 2007 and grabbed a podium within the Open race earlier on Saturday.
That podium within the Open race got here after beating Mike Browne, who needed to accept fourth.
However Browne took a brace of wins within the Supersport class, taking victories on Friday night and on Saturday.
Within the latter, he beat Michael Dunlop by 3.545s. Dunlop encountered points on his Ducati V2 Panigale in qualifying, which left him seventeenth on the grid.
However he fought by to get onto the rostrum in Saturday’s race on corrected time and set a brand new lap document for the category.
Michael Dunlop shall be again in race motion subsequent month on the Isle of Man on the Southern 100, as he will get set to go head-to-head with this yr’s fellow TT winners Dean Harrison and Davey Todd.
